good read. I honestly think Rahul is one of those influencers tha really influences ethereum and how people see/use it. He's someone to pay attention to along with his ico.
Biased here, but very much agree.
See also his other writing:
https://medium.com/@rahulsood/esports-meets-cryptocurrency-a486ac3aaca - Going into why they opted for cryptocurrency and how they will apply and add to the overall cryptocurrency ecosystem.
He has also done two or three livestreams where he answers questions from the community and interested parties regarding UnikoinGold. There may be some slightly outdated information as things changed throughout the preparation of the tokensale, but the overall vision and answers mostly still apply.
-
(Unikrn Team) Token Sale Talk - AMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ViiJTidiAVarious questions from the community, answered by Rahul Sood (CEO of Unikrn, previously Microsoft, HP and Voodoo PC), Tom Lempke (GM Germany, was involved with Mousesports and now BIG), Kingsley Edwards (LEET.gg, Las Vegas Bitcoin RogueGG) Meetup, and Robin Nygard (Unikrn's esports trader)
-
Rahul Sood AMA: UnikoinGOLD, Cryptocurrency and Esports https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE8wbkp_ct4Various questions from the community answered by Rahul Sood.
-
Bulls on Wall Street talks to Kingsley Edwards (live from BlockCon LA), talking UnikoinGold, Blockchain etc. https://youtu.be/GZjBVTYkEZwMostly regarding basics of why and how blockchain technology is different, how UnikoinGold fits into it all and where it and esports are going. (Audience for this livestream weren't so blockchain aware just yet)
Unikrn team is very aware of the Ethereum, Bitcoin and altcoin culture and ecosystem. They see what's happening and also see many ICOs that are shit. Some of them have been in cryptocurrency for years. They have been educating those that engage with UnikoinGold. Sharing safety concerns, best practice and answering questions regarding cryptocurrency safety for those new to it. As you can see in this article, he shared his balanced thoughts on how to evaluate tokensales and projects. This is a huge leap that many newcomers to cryptocurrency fail to learn until their first few tokensales/ICO. Very well-intentioned and integrity driven!
Rahul and actually the entire Unikrn team is very integrity driven and aren't afraid to show it or call something out.
Previously Rahul has been a fierce opponent of Skin Gambling in Counter-Strike, which was fully unregulated betting without any kind of restriction or verification of age.
In fact, the operators are so sketchy they do not share even the basics of their back-end and had no third-party reviewing their code whatsoever.
This means that those operators could do as they please, set themselves up for wins or certain customers with a loss. Plus there was no legal responsibility whatsoever.
Hence why Valve ultimately shut down a lot of them, though they keep popping up.
They were also founding members of ESIC, the 'Esports Integrity Coalition' whose mission statement is:
To be the recognised guardian of the sporting integrity of esports and to take responsibility for disruption, prevention, investigation and prosecution of all forms of cheating, including, but not limited to, match manipulation and doping.
Various betting partners, regulators and esports event or competition organizers are proactive members of this coalition.
